Weather Records on 5 October 1928

202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1928. Highest significance: Lorne Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 October 1928

On 5 October 1928, 202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 198 daily.
Lorne Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 5 October 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

202 stations

202 station records on 5 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

202 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1928

Top 20 records on 5 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1928	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1928	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1928	White Hall 1 E, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1928	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1928	Loch, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1928	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Merino, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	28.0 C (82.4 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Warsaw, US	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Neerim, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1928	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 202 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).